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ge-séman

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</b> of a legal settlement, to give judgement in a suit, make award in as arbitrator :-- Gif man óðerne tihte . . . gesécæn hiom sǽmend . . . siþþan sió sace gesémed sió an seofan nihtum se man þám óðrum riht gedó . . . gif hé þonne ꝥ nylle gelde

lytig

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Ac gif hié yfele sint and lytige, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, note 10

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Geréfa mín mynteþ ðæt mé æfter síe eaforan síne yrfeweardas my steward supposes that after me his children shall be heirs, Cd. 100 ; Th. 131, 29; Gen. 2183. Hwæðer freá wille ǽnigne ðé yrfewearda on woruld lǽtan, 101; Th. 134, 26; Gen. 2230.

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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</b> going in a ship :-- Sió cwén bebeád áras fýsan tó ráde, sceoldon Rómwarena ofer heánne holm hláford sécean, Elen.

Linked entry: swíþ-hwæt

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich

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Sió hæfð fǽtte and þicce ǽdra, ii. 242, 16. containing fatty matter, consisting of fat Genim fǽttes flǽsces, sele twá snǽda, Lch. ii. 268, 30.

ge-tellan

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Ttó ðám ðæt wé sién geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre ut intus in templum Dei disponamur, 253, 19. Sind getealde deputa[n] tur ( secundo eunuchorum gradui). An.

æfterra

(num.; adj.)

second ⬩ secundus

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Sende he eft æfterran síðe ǽrenddracan he sent messengers again a second time, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 10

in-gerec

(n.)
Grammar
in-gerec, es ; n.

A tumult

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A tumult Hé ðá eác on ðam ingerece óðerne cyninges þeng mid ðý mánfullan wǽpne ácwealde in ipso tumultu etiam alium de militibus sica nefanda peremit, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 26

Linked entry: ge-rec

mód-bysgung

(n.)
Grammar
mód-bysgung, e; f.

Anxiety of mind

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Anxiety of mind Ðam ðe his synna sáre geþenceþ módbysgunge micle dreógeþ to him who his sins with sorrow remembers, much anxiety suffers of mind, Exon. 1173; Th. 450, 7; Dóm. 84

not

(n.)
Grammar
not, es; m.

A mark ⬩ sign

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A mark, sign Mé þingþ wynsumlíc ðæt is ðæra preósta notas ðám bócerum gekýðe ðé læs ðe hig witan ðæt ða rímcræftige weras sýn bútan cræftigum getácnungum, Anglia viii. 333, 17-19

dreó

Grammar
dreó, <b>; I.</b>
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Merrigenlice lofsangas sint tó dreógenne ( agendi sunt ), R. Ben. l. 37, 15. Add

wund-wácu

(n.)

a wound-weakness ⬩ a wound ⬩ sore

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a wound-weakness, a wound, sore Swá benne ne burnon ne burston, ne fundian ne feologan ne hoppetan, ne wundwáco sían (sores may not run), ne dolh diópian, Lchdm. ii. 352, 2. (?)

Linked entry: wácu

ge-gítsian

(v.)
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22

Linked entry: gítsian

frum-wífung

(n.)
Grammar
frum-wífung, e; f.

First marriage by a man

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First marriage by a man Lǽwede man mót óðre síðe wífian, ac þá canones forbeódaþ þá bletsunga þǽrtó þe tó frumwífunge gesette sýn, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 34, 38: Wlfst. 304, 27

carful-nys

(n.)
Grammar
carful-nys, -nyss, e; f.

CAREFULNESS, curiosity ⬩ sollicitudo, curiositas

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CAREFULNESS, curiosity; sollicitudo, curiositas Godes cwydas sind to smeágenne mid micelre carfulnysse the words of God are to be considered with great carefulness, Homl. Th. ii. 280, 18; Lchdm. iii. 210, 5

Linked entry: cearful-nes

cyll-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
cyll-fylling, e; f.
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The filing of a bottle (cyll) Hí þone Godes wer gesáwon him befeólan mid þǽre cyllfyllinge (þáre cillan fyllinge, v. l.) virum Dei ad implendum utrem sibi insistere viderent, Gr. D. 250, 27

eall-seolcen

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-seolcen, adj.
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Made all of silk Mid eallseolcenum olosericis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 71. Of eallseolcenum, An. Ox. 2, 164. Of ealseolcenum (eall-, eal-, Hpt. Gl. 480, 62-3), 3161. v. eal-seolcen in Dict

heáfod-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-líc, adj.

Chief, capital

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Ðæt wé ús healdan wið heáfodlícan leahtras to keep ourselves from deadly sins, Blickl. Homl. 37, 3

healf-deád

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-deád, adj.

Half dead, palsied on one side

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Half dead, palsied on one side Wið ðære healf-deádan ádle for the half-dead disease [hemiplegia] L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 1: L. M. 1, 79; Lchdm. ii. 152, 2

ofer-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-geweorc, es; n.

a superstructure ⬩ a tomb, mausoleum

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Gé sind gelíce geméttum ofergeweorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17

Linked entry: ofer-weorc